Improvement in advertising-lanterns



H. SYLVESTER. Advertising Lantern.

No 199,122. Patented Jan. 8, 1878;

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ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, PHDTO LITNIOGRAPHEIL WASHINGTON, D, O.

UNITED STATES PATENT IVOFFIGE.

HENRY SYLVESTER, on NEW' YORK,-N; Y,1

IMPROVEMENT IN ADVERTlSlNG-LANT ERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,122, dated January8, 1878; application filed December 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY SYLvEsTER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Advertising-Lantern, of whichthe following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to furnish an improved illuminatingrevolving lantern, for successively exhibiting to view variousinscriptions and characters for advertising purposes, and in which theadvertising-surface may be increased by detachable additional spaces.The invention consists in the construction and combination, with aperforated gas-pipe, mounted in bearings and revolved by a spring andclock-work, of a polygonal-shaped lantern, provided with stationary anddetachable advertising spaces and panels said lantern, being attachable(by means of a collar and set-screw) onto the said gas-pipe, to berevolved by the said clock-work, for exposing to view successively theseveral sides of the lantern.

It also consists in the construction and combination, with the saidlantern, of the said detachable advertising-panels, as will behereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figurel is a top view of my improvedlantern, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same,taken through the line 00 a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical detailsection of one of the detachable panels.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is an ordinary clock-work, operated by a spring, a, and arranged totransmit rotary motion, by means of gearing, to the hollow shaft B,which is fitted to revolve in the frame of the clock-work, and serves asgas-pipe for illuminating the interior of the lantern, for which purposeit is provided with perforations b to supply the flames.

G is the lantern, made in the shape of a polygonal prism, preferablyoctagonal, the upper and lower perimetrical rims 0 and c of which aremade wholly or partly of metal,

and united at each corner of the polygon by metallic posts 0 The sidesof this polygonal prism are formed of panes of glass 0 whose edges areplaced to meet at each corner, and are concealed from view by the posts0 against which they are pressed and held in position at top and bottomby the disks 0. A similar disk, 0 is fitted in the lower rim 0, belowthe disk 0, to give rigidity to the frame of the lantern O.

The said three disks are perforated in the center suitably to fit on thehollow shaft or gas-pipe B, a flanged collar, D, of size to fit the pipeB, being secured to the bottom of the lantern and centered on the holemade therein for the reception of the said pipe.

The lantern O is fastened on the pipe B by tightening the set-screw (1,so that it will revolve with the pipe B when the latter is rotated bythe clock-work A.

The panes 0 which constitute the beforementioned stationaryadvertising-spaces, (being stationary in the lantern and a part of thesame) may be variously colored to heighten the effect, and provided withadvertisements for successive exposition during each revolution of thelantern.

In order to increase the advertising-surface I have invented detachablepanels E, provided with perforated lugs, by which they may be hinged,when desired, on hooks or pivots 0 attached to each corner-post c of thelantern, and being part ofthe same. 7

The panels E are constructed of threesided metallic panel-frame e,grooved on the inside for the reception of two glass panes, c and adetachable cover, c the rim of which latter fits over the upper open endof the three-sided frame a and of the panes a, holding them in positionand completing the panel.

Both panes e of each panel E are designed for advertisements. a plate ofsome opaque substance being inserted between them to prevent a blurringor blending together of their two inscriptions through the transparencyof the glass.

1. The combination of the lantern 0, constructed in detail as described,and provided with the collar and set-screw D d, with the panels E andthe central gas-pipe B, revolved by the clock-work A, as and for thepurpose specified.

2. The detachable advertising-panels E, in combination with therevolving lantern 0, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

HENRY SYLVE STER.

Witnesses:

O. Snnawrcx, I ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

